Tuesday, November 06, 2007

octopus!

The octopus costumes for Halloween re-sparked interest in everything sea creature - specifically, octopus and squid. A had me put several octopus books on hold through the library and we picked up the first batch last night.

This morning we found some octopus printables for him to color. He also wanted a notebook set up with the words octopus and squid so he could practice writing them, and then he asked to do a painting. At A's request, I drew a base sketch of an octopus on watercolor paper, and then the boys painted away. A selected blues to look like a Caribbean reef octopus photo he liked, and G liked a photo of a giant Pacific octopus, so chose reds.

They are cool, aren't they? A's favorite YouTube videos are of the octopus - an octopus opening jars/doors, videos of camouflage in action, and of course, a video of a 600 pound octopus making it through a hole the size of a quarter or so. Wow.

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